Cardas Photography {PhotoBlog}

Last Saturday was another perfect day for a wedding! Chantal and Jared were married at the Abernethy Center in Oregon City. What a stunningly beautiful location! A great getting ready room with lots of light, a gorgeous ballroom and of course the veiled gardens for the ceremony were divine!I started the day with the girls. Here is a little "behind the scenes shot" that's me in the middle and...

I just loved spending the morning with this adorable family! We started with the posed family portrait with mom and dad which is going to be used for their Diwali card. We are going to keep that one under wraps until after its been mailed out. Here is a little "behind the scenes" sneak peek - Sonia was having a great time saying the Gujarati word for underwear instead of "cheese." Bharti - you...

This is a whirl-wind weekend for me up in the Portland area! And it started out in downtown Vancouver - one of my very favorite places - with Emily and David! We started at The Academy Chapel - which is where they are tying the knot next June! There was a wedding going on when we got there - so we just walked around the outside - but what a beautiful place! We started the session about an hour...

I have been so excited to share this new album!! Its so beautiful - these pictures just don't do it justice! (And I take photos for a living!) You really need to see it in person - it almost glows! This sample album was designed using Michele and Bill's wedding pictures from their wedding July 13th at Atavista Farm in Brownsville. (I just dropped off a duplicate copy today at Atavista - so if you...

This wedding was full of firsts for me! First time shooting at the beautiful Bridal Veil Lakes, first time shooting a wedding on a Wednesday, and I *thought* it was going to be my first time shooting in the rain! I showed up about 30 minutes early and sat in my car as the rain came down, thinking about protecting my gear, cursing myself for taking the umbrella out of my trunk, (what was I...

Last weekend was the amazing wedding of Zach and Jesse in Philomath! Well, a little outside Philomath, at the Beazell Memorial Forest Education Center. This place is a gem!! A beautifully remodeled barn has a huge open area for eating and dancing and a nice area for the bride to get ready. The flowers were so beautiful! Jesse and Zach put together one of the coolest wedding programs I have...

After Tiffany's Bridal session as a favor for mom Janice - we headed down the road to capture some images with boyfriend Brandon. Tiffany told me that this was one of the only times Brandon had been to the Mainland! For some reason Janice had a feather boa in her car... knowing full well Tiffany wasn't going to put it on, we threw it on Brandon.? You gotta love a guy on his best behavior...